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No. 390,186. Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

N. PETERS, Plnkrulbographer, Washingn ILCA Ntra TA'rss rines.

Aralar BUELL FRANK NE\VOOMB, OF IVATKINS, NFV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONF- HALF TO CLAY M. NEVOOMB, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,186, dated September 25, 1888. Application lled December S, i887. Serial No. 957,326. (No model.)

T all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, BUELL FRANK NEW- COMB, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Vatkins, in the county ofSchuyler and State of New York, haveinventcd certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to ro which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fences; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts thereof, as w-ill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

2o One object of my invention is to sustain the fence-posts firmly above the surface ot' the ground upon a yielding base or support.

A further object of the invention is to provide the fencepanels intermediately between 2 5 the posts with a iiexible binder or brace.

I attain these and minor objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in 3o which- Figure lis a perspective view of a fence ein-I bodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, ofone ofthe fenceposts and its adjuncts.

A A indicate the posts, which, as shown, have suitable connecting-wires or runners, the upper runner passing through staples on one face or edge of the posts, and thence through a crosscut in the top thereof down back tothe 4o rear side.

is seated upon a crucial supporting-base, and is secured thereto by a pin or bolt inserted from the under side of said braces upwardly into the post, as fully shown in Fig. 2. Each supportingbase consists of two boards, B, crossing each other centrally at right angles, said boards being of such thickness with relation to the weight of the fence as to yield slightly when the ends are supported above The bottom of each ofthe posts A 'To the four faces of the 5o to suitable staples, and then pass over the outer ends ofthe braces, thence around a sur 1'ace-block, C, of stone or other analogous material, and up through the braces, thence down around the outer edge of anchors D, arranged Hush with the surface of the ground, thence 6o downward at an inward incline, as at b', and are secured to underground anchors b2, arranged at right angles to the direction of strain.

The four ends oi the braces B rest upon surface-anchors C, which are preferably of stone,

and are secured thereto. Directly under each anchor O underground anchors are situated. The said latter anchors, D, are of suitable dimensions and prevent the anchors O resting thereon sinking through the action of frost. 7o

The inward portion ofthe wiresb inclose both sets of anchors C and D, and prevent the same from becoming displaced outwardly from the ends of the cross-braces B. Each ofthe fenceposts is anchored in this tween the posts a wire, d, is twisted around the runners,and is attached at its lower end to a wire, (Z, which in turn is secured to a single brace, E, which rests upon surface-anchors F,

manner, and besimilar to the anchors heretofore described, 8o

andthe anchors F' rest in turn upon underground anchors F, similar to theanchors D. The ends ofthe wire are bent in such a manner as to inclose these anchors and extend inward] y, in the form as hereinbefore described.

Each panel of the fence will thus be anchored at the posts and intermediate thereof, as shown in Fig. l. Owing to this arrangement the posts A' can be positioned a greater distance apart, as the brace-wire D will supporta partvgo' ot' the lateral strain occasioned by wind or stock, thus effecting a material saving of iuniher in sparsely-wooded sections ot' the country.

It is well known that aside from cost of construction one great point of advantage in wire fences is that they will yield slightly to lateral pressure, and again assume a normal position when the pressure is removed. .By my invenderg'round anchors arranged at right angles to the strain ofthe wire.

2. In a post and-wire felice, the combina tion, substantially as before set forth, of two or more posts supported above ground upon a yielding base consisting of cross-boards resting at their ends upon anchor-stones C and D, the brace-wires b b', arranged and secured as described, the fence-Wires, and the flexible tie or brace d d', secured to the fence-wires and to an anchor-hase at a pointbctween two posts.

In testimony Whereol'I affix in y signature in presence of two witnesses.

tion not only is this characteristic preserved, but increased, owin g to the fact that the boards or strips of cross-brace B are capable of yield ing to lateral pressure exerted on the post A, as they are supported free from contact with the ground.

The arrangement of the anchors C and D ai fords great facility for straightening up the posts by tainping should they get ont of plumb `from the action of frost or other causes.

l. In a post-and-wire fence, the combination, substantially as described, of a post, a base consisting of spring-boards crossing each other centrally at right angles, anchors C and Dbeneath cach end of the spring-boards to raise them free from the ground, and wires Vitnesscs:

BUELL FRANK NEWCOMH.

extending from the post around the anchors C ARTHUR G. VOODWARD, and D, thence downward and inward to un- LOUIS J. NEWCOMB. 

